Post Planned Obsolescence

Author

Sun, Wei ; Sun, Ping

Author_Institution

Dept. of Ind. Design, Beijing Univ. of Posts & Telecommun., Beijing, China

fYear

2008

fDate

22-25 Nov. 2008

Firstpage

1009

Lastpage

1011

Abstract

How to extend product life circle through innovative design is the responsibility of designer. Through analyzing the reasonable content in Â¿Planned ObsolescenceÂ¿ and the series design of Ricoh R digital camera, the author bring forward to the product series design model of Â¿post planned obsolescenceÂ¿. The author points that feature is the core of the model, and technology, function and appearance are the basic elements of product series design in this model. Through flexibly use of these three aspects design, we could gradually and reasonably upgrade the product in order to extend its life cycle and then help enterprise and society to create more wealth.

Keywords

cameras; planning; product design; product life cycle management; Ricoh R-series digital camera; innovative design; post-planned obsolescence; product life cycle extension; product series design model; Aging; Design automation; Digital cameras; Marketing and sales; Modems; Product design; Rail transportation; Research and development; Sun; Vehicles; Planned Obsolescence; Product Series Design Model; Ricoh R Digital Camera;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Computer-Aided Industrial Design and Conceptual Design, 2008. CAID/CD 2008. 9th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Kunming

Print_ISBN

978-1-4244-3290-5

Electronic_ISBN

978-1-4244-3291-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/CAIDCD.2008.4730732

Filename

4730732